{"product_id":"the-materialization-of-life-into-alternative-economies","title":"The Materialization of Life into alternative economies","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow might art take shape through the ways we live, work, and exchange? In \u003cem\u003eThe Materialization of Life into alternative economies\u003c\/em\u003e, Ben Kinmont explores five models: collaboration through Paula Hayes\/Wild Friends, information through Joseph Grigely, gifts through On Kawara, business through Gordon Matta-Clark, and maintenance through Mierle Laderman Ukeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally produced for Kinmont’s 1996 exhibition at Printed Matter in New York, the booklet proposes a shift in emphasis from conceptual art’s dematerialization of the object toward the material circumstances of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 2026 facsimile, published by Taufic in collaboration with Kinmont and bookseller Yoshi Hill, reproduces the artist’s own archive copy, including its letterpress archive label and numbering. Released thirty years after the original alongside Hill’s exhibition of the project archive, it preserves the original typesetting, misregistration, typos, and other printing irregularities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Ben Kinmont\u003cbr\u003eTaufic, October 2026\u003cbr\u003e28 pages\u003cbr\u003e5.5 × 8.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eSaddle-stitch booklet with letterpress cover wrap\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 500\u003cbr\u003ePrinted and bound by GSB Digital, Queens, New York\u003cbr\u003eLetterpress cover wrap printed by Konstantin Grab, Brooklyn, New York\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taufic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68156195668099,"sku":"BK-KINMONT-MATERIALIZATION-2026","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/8847\/1939\/files\/ben-kinmont-materialization-of-life-2026.jpg?v=1793300023","url":"https:\/\/salter.house\/products\/the-materialization-of-life-into-alternative-economies","provider":"Salter House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}